Plain Answers About the Amish Life

Part One. Foundation -- Defining the Amish -- Beliefs -- Community -- Separation -- Nonresistance -- Organization -- Leadership -- Worship -- Rules -- Shunning -- History -- Expansion -- Part Two. Lifestyle --Amish Life -- Food -- Health -- Clothing and Grooming -- Language -- Technology -- Transportation -- Occupations -- Free Time, Vacations, and Entertainment -- Part Three. Passages -- Childhood, Family, and Old Age -- School -- Rumspringa -- Baptism -- Courtship and Marriage -- Death -- Part Four. Outside World -- Us and Them -- Tourism and the Media -- Tragedy and Forgiveness -- Why Are They Amish? -- What Can They Teach Us? -- Part Five. Supplemental Material -- Myths Versus Facts -- Biblical References.

• | Author: Mindy Starns Clark
• | Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• | Publication Date: September 01, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0736955933
• | ISBN-13: 9780736955935